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  1. L

    Economy 7 board in flat

    Just after opinions, what the best way to upgrade board in flat , currently has two boards , one for economy 7 and one for everything else,
  2. A

    Economy 7 immersion heater timer

    Hi, My house is currently on economy 7 as we are fully electric. Our immersion heater has 2 switched one for day rate and one for night rate. Our electricity bill has been sky high and we have narrowed it down to the immersion heater being heated for the full time when E7 switches on for the...
  3. S

    Economy 7 - need confusion clearing up please!

    We have an Economy 7 meter and tariff. There are 2 separate fuse boards and one meter with the dual rate on. Am i right in thinking that ANY electricity we use at night will be cheaper as the meter has a 'timer' to switch to the cheaper tariff? If so then why is there the need for a separate...
  4. W

    Getting rid of economy 7 tariff and Smart Meter

    Buying a house that has a mechanical meter with rotating dials that then branches into two modernish digital meters (not Smart), one for economy 7 and the other for the rest of the electrics. I only want a single tariff so if I have a Smart Meter fitted for free I assume they will take all three...
  5. B

    Move away from Economy 7

    Hi I am about to buy a property which is on an E7 Tariff with old Night Storage heaters. I want to change the night storage heaters for new Electric heaters using the same electrical supplies to be used during the day and move to a normal Tariff. It is my understanding that the electrical...
  6. D

    Electrician Jobs Someone needed to sort issue with economy 7 in East London

    We’ve been having a long running issue with our economy 7 not kicking in at night, which means we have no heating from our storage heaters or hot water (luckily the boost still works). Our electricity supplier said that getting a smart meter would fix the issue- which we had installed last...
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  7. J

    Economy 7 heater not charging overnight (but works on day rate)

    I'm having problems with my central storage heater. Its an old 1970s one that does the whole flat. It worked perfectly up to the end of last winter, then just stopped. I woke up one morning to find it was only luke warm from the previous day and hadn't stored any heat so became stone cold over...
  8. Andrew Beveridge

    E7 with 2 meters (on/off peak), but current only goes through one?

    Hi folks, We moved into a new flat about 6 months ago and have realised we're being billed for all of our electricity at the expensive "all day" rate - despite having a very large "Thermaflow" electric boiler which is designed to draw tons of power heating up water overnight to use throughout...
  9. D

    heating element problems with economy 7

    I have an economy 7 boiler which has two temperature controlled heating elements. After 15 years they were replaced as they had started to heat inefficiently. Unsurprisingly they were covered in limescale. I replaced them with new elements. The off peak element was placed on just over 50...
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    • economy economy 7 element heating plumbing problems
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    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. sythai

    Economy 7/ off peak or not?

    Hi All After some advice please, going through plans on possible job. House converted into flats. All electric (no renewable, gas, oil etc.) Heating all UF via 'slim jim' bolier 4kw. Water via 2 x 3kw immersions. Should I suggest eco7/ off peak. Wasn't sure if it would be worth it for just...
  11. N

    Economy 7 - Thermal cut out

    Good evening all, I have an elderly client I have been doing some work for and he has old economy 7 heating. The Storage heater in his living room keeps causing issues. Basically it stops working, I've opened it up and re-set the thermal cut out and it works perfectly for about 6 weeks then...
  12. M

    Hortsmann economy 7 quartz not working

    good morning I have the above hot water heating in my Flat and it suddenly stopped working I bought a new box on recommendation from my Plumber who has fitted it but still doesn’t give me timed hot water as before only on boost I have read on here some suggestions The one is that my...
  13. J

    Another Economy 7 question

    Morning All, its a lovely day, hopefully I won't have to get in any lofts on a day like today. Just a quick one regarding economy 7, Where the meter provides two outputs, during off peak hours, what happens to the (main board) as in the general daytime DB, does this also switch over or does it...
  14. Gavin John Hyde

    Economy 7 board and live testing

    Got a job and cant do live testing as the old fuse box is economy 7 with those plugin wylex mcbs replacing the rewireables. Only changing over a heater and replacing a stretch of damaged flex. Cant do any live testing due to board being dead during sensible hours. The installation is of such...
  15. surreygirl

    ECONOMY 7 OR OIL FILLED RADIATORS.

    Hello Gentlemen, My agent now wants to put in two oil filled radiators in the flat. One under the window and the other on the opposite wall. I did see a few comments before about the economy 7. Bearing in mind that the E7 is on cheap rate, they now tell me that the E7 isnt working and the Agent...
  16. J

    Understanding economy 7

    Economy 7 horstmann quartz timeclocks for water heaters with dual elements, from my understanding they would require two separate supplies to work on a off peak supply and regular supply, although after looking inside one today and looking at diagrams only 1 supply is used. How is this possible?
  17. A

    1990's smart heat economy 7 query

    Hi, I have a customer whose immersion has stopped working. The system has a receiver for each appliance with a dip switch to set individual times for the heaters to come on during the off peak times. The immersion is fine,the receiver has failed but she has a boost receiver that isn't used which...
  18. C

    Need help with economy seven heater

    Hi there. My brother has a horstmann economy seven quartz heater and we have no idea how to work it. The heating is on during the day, so the flat is nice and toasty while he is at work and is freezing when he is home in the evening. There doesn’t seem to be any timer dial except for one I’m...
  19. J

    Question about Economy 7 hot water cylinders

    Hi I recently replaced the bottom immersion on an economy 7 cylinder. After installing I tried to test the immersion using my multi meter. The fuse spur leading to the immersion has a time clock mounted on the face. I switched this to continuous, nothing. I removed the face of the fuse spur...
  20. C

    Old economy 7 heaters

    Hello guys I need to replace a load of storage heaters for the modern oil wall heaters, i need to do away with the economy 7 side as client want the new heaters on a standard 24hr tariff . It looks like a simple swapping out the economy 7 circuit and wiring it into the standard tarrif DB. My...

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